Mountain Top, PA Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Mountain Top in green. The most dangerous areas in Mountain Top are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Mountain Top, PA Safe from Murder?

The C grade means the rate of murder is slightly higher than the average US city. Mountain Top is in the 40th percentile for safety, meaning 60% of cities are safer and 40% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Mountain Top's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in Mountain Top is 0.0684 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Mountain Top generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Mountain Top may be as high as 1 in 9,933 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 32,247 in the northeast part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the south parts of Mountain Top, PA: about 0 per year. The southeast part of Mountain Top has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Mountain Top's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Mountain Top to the Pennsylvania state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Mountain Top is safer than the Pennsylvania state average and as safe as the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Mountain Top, PA

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Mountain Top about $1,923,826 in 2025, or roughly $128 per resident. This is part of Mountain Top's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Mountain Top, including every crime type and how Mountain Top compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Mountain Top's crime maps on the Mountain Top overall crime page.

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Individual Mountain Top Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in Mountain Top is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Mountain Top.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Glen Summit, PA	A+	A-	A+	C
Nuangola, PA	A+	A	A	D
Penobscot, PA	A+	A	A	A-
Cambra, PA	A-	A	B	A-
Warrior Run, PA	B	B	C+	B
Sugar Notch, PA	B-	C	C	B-
Ashley, PA	C-	C	D+	C
Dorrance, PA	A+	A+	A+	C
Sand Spring, PA	A+	A+	A+	B
Nanticoke, PA	B	B+	C+	B-

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Mountain Top is higher versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Hopatcong, NJ	A+	A+	A+	A+
Snyder, TX	D-	D	D	D-
Snoqualmie, WA	C+	B-	B-	B-
Smithfield, UT	B+	B+	B+	A+
Smithfield, RI	B+	A	A	A+
Keansburg, NJ	A-	B+	B+	A+
Jennings, LA	D+	D	D	D
Indialantic, FL	A-	A-	A-	A
Huntingdon, PA	C+	C	C	D
Huffman, TX	C-	D	D	C

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Mountain Top, PA average SchoolGrade of B-, with 41% actual proficiency versus 48% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Mountain Top schools on SchoolGrade

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